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Artefact ID1035
TM IDTM 34251
Findspot (DEChriM ID)36   (ʿAyn al-Wāqifa)
ClassTextual
MaterialCeramic
Writing mediumOstracon
Text contentDocumentary
LanguageGreek
Description

O.Waqfa 46: Receipt.

Psilis, priest, has paid for the dapane of Mounousire, on behalf of the landlord Kleoboulos 6 matia of sitokrithon. Signed by Paniskos.

The priest Psilis is also attested in O.Waqfa 3 and O.Waqfa 19; as well as in O.Douch IV 361.

Selection criteriaMention of Christian cult officials/institutions
Date from350
Date to399
Dating criteria

Palaeography and connection with the Dūš ostraca, see O.Waqfa, p. 15

Absolute/relative dateRelative date
Archaeological context

Maison A, surface

Accession number

ʿAyn al-Wāqifa, excavations EAS 1986-1987, no. 2295-32

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editio princeps

• Cuvigny, Hélène, Adel Hussein and Guy Wagner. 1993. Les Ostraca grecs d’Aïn Waqfa (Oasis de Kharga). Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale, Documents de Fouilles 30. Cairo: Ifao, no. 46 and pl. IX.

Authors
Valérie Schram, 2021
Suggested citation
Valérie Schram, 2021, "Artefact ID 1035", 4CARE database - Fourth-Century Christian Archaeological Record of Egypt, https://4care-skos.mf.no/artefacts/1035
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